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Monterey Bay

Xula – Residency

23rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Xula
Xula Confirmed in the catalog @1887
Jul 14 – Nov 12, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Nov 2017

69 m
Deepest dive
3:00
Longest dive
63
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
121

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 14, 201754 m12.9°C47 m
Jul 16, 201759 m12.9°C48 m
Sep 1, 2017176 m16.4°C51 m
Sep 3, 2017567 m17.0°C47 m
Nov 12, 2017101 m14.5°C69 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 14, 2017 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 16, 2017 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jul 16Sep 1, 2017 — seafloor 176 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 3, 2017 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 3Nov 12, 2017 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Nov 12

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

69 m
Deepest dive
3:00
Longest dive
63
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
121
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010069 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (101 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Nov 12, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
101 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
54 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C – 17.0°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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